Will Buckingham | 白忠修
Writer (HELLO, STRANGER, Granta 2022) & philosopher. In Tainan, Taiwan, with a foot in Scotland. Faculty @ Parami University, Myanmar. Director @windandbones.bsky.social
https://www.willbuckingham.com
https://www.windandbones.com
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- My life is momentarily brightened every time I remember that this sketch of a startled foreigner shouting “Wa! There’s a snake!” at a coiled mountain pit viper is how Yushan National Park decided to illustrate a board detailing proper hiker-snake interactions.
- In fairness they have had no plans for new music since the mid-90s
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- Spain, you could do the funniest thing right now...
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- Usually the issue is Taiwanese temple groups and religious organizations going to China to engage in United Front activities. This time an unauthorized group came from China to Taiwan and visited temples all over Taiwan and tried to join the Baishatun Matsu pilgrimage. Brazen and concerning.
- Interesting how religious affairs cross over with the juridical aspect of cross-strait relations www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...
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- Tiny me buying Puffin books would never have believed I would grow up to write a book for Penguin. I still have several puffin books in my library. Not only did I write a book for Penguin, but it has finally arrived in roarsome real life form. Great time to preorder for 5 June launch (T-26 days).
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- BREAKING: pope studied existentialism and phenomenology
- Four writers, four stories, and four languages, bringing together the cultures of Scotland and Taiwan. Pre-order your copy of Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese and Gaelic over at the Wind&Bones Books bookshop! books.windandbones.com/product/taig... #shortstories #book #Taiwan #Scotland #fiction
- Girl, go home
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- Free translation tip: You can save a lot of trouble by periodically asking yourself "does this make any sense at all."* * unless you are reading Daoist scriptures
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- Two years ago, I heard that Taiwan's govt had unearthed surveillance files from the secret police of its authoritarian era. They were finally becoming open to the public, nearly four decades after Taiwan's democratisation. I wanted to see what was inside: www.economist.com/1843/2025/05...
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- If you stand by the refrigerator and look slightly tragic, perhaps extra food will appear. #Caturday
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- I have but three moods these days: 1) depressed 2) enraged 3) panel discussion moderator
- “A family earning £100k a year will now find themselves on minimum wage after taking part in just two drug binges a week.”
